Sailing has been a mainstay of human history for millennia, so it's no surprise that scientists would apply it to traveling ...

Caltech scientists are developing laser-driven lightsails that could push spacecraft beyond our solar system. Their research ...

Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for ...

"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to ...

The news comes after a U.S. destroyer, which has a high-energy laser weapon, deployed to Japan in October 2024.

Some foreign media hyped that a Chinese warship that recently sailed into the Pacific Ocean was suspected of being armed with ...

# OVER 200 junior sailors will have a great opportunity to put their sailing skills on display at the 2025 Sir Durward Knowles National Junior Sailing Championships February 20-22 at the Montagu ...

Things were anything but smooth sailing for Markus Pink in the fall - hardly any playing time for his new club WAC, no goals.

This involves measuring the incredibly subtle movements of the sail as it's struck by the laser beam. These experiments are an important first step to moving lightsail development from theory and ...

The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and ...